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Definitions

• the invention relates to certain substituted urea derivatives, particularly to certain chemical entities that selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, and specifically to certain chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating heart disease.
• the “sarcomere” is an elegantly organized cellular structure found in cardiac and skeletal muscle made up of interdigitating thin and thick filaments; it comprises nearly 60% of cardiac cell volume.
• the thick filaments are composed of “myosin,” the protein responsible for transducing chemical energy (ATP hydrolysis) into force and directed movement. Myosin and its functionally related cousins are called motor proteins.
• the thin filaments are composed of a complex of proteins.
• actin a filamentous polymer
• Bound to actin are a set of regulatory proteins, the “troponin complex” and “tropomyosin,” which make the actin-myosin interaction dependent on changes in intracellular Ca 2+ levels. With each heartbeat, Ca 2+ levels rise and fall, initiating cardiac muscle contraction and then cardiac muscle relaxation.
• Each of the components of the sarcomere contributes to its contractile response.
• Myosin is the most extensively studied of all the motor proteins. Of the thirteen distinct classes of myosin in human cells, the myosin-II class is responsible for contraction of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. This class of myosin is significantly different in amino acid composition and in overall structure from myosin in the other twelve distinct classes.
• Myosin-II consists of two globular head domains linked together by a long alpha-helical coiled-coiled tail that assembles with other myosin-IIs to form the core of the sarcomere's thick filament. The globular heads have a catalytic domain where the actin binding and ATP functions of myosin take place.
• Mammalian heart muscle consists of two forms of cardiac myosin, alpha and beta, and they are well characterized.
• the beta form is the predominant form (>90 percent) in adult human cardiac muscle. Both have been observed to be regulated in human heart failure conditions at both transcriptional and translational levels, with the alpha form being down-regulated in heart failure.
• cardiac alpha and beta myosins are very similar (93% identity), they are both considerably different from human smooth muscle (42% identity) and more closely related to skeletal myosins (80% identity).
• cardiac muscle myosins are incredibly conserved across mammalian species.
• alpha and beta cardiac myosins are >96% conserved between humans and rats, and the available 250-residue sequence of porcine cardiac beta myosin is 100% conserved with the corresponding human cardiac beta myosin sequence.
• sequence conservation contributes to the predictability of studying myosin based therapeutics in animal based models of heart failure.
• the components of the cardiac sarcomere present targets for the treatment of heart failure, for example by increasing contractility or facilitating complete relaxation to modulate systolic and diastolic function, respectively.
• CHF Congestive heart failure
• systolic dysfunction an impairment of cardiac contractility (with a consequent reduction in the amount of blood ejected with each heartbeat).
• systolic dysfunction with compensatory dilation of the ventricular cavities results in the most common form of heart failure, “dilated cardiomyopathy,” which is often considered to be one in the same as CHF.
• the counterpoint to systolic dysfunction is diastolic dysfunction, an impairment of the ability to fill the ventricles with blood, which can also result in heart failure even with preserved left ventricular function.
• Congestive heart failure is ultimately associated with improper function of the cardiac myocyte itself, involving a decrease in its ability to contract and relax.
• systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, viral infection, valvular dysfunction, and genetic disorders.
• Patients with these conditions typically present with the same classical symptoms: shortness of breath, edema and overwhelming fatigue.
• ischemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis.
• These patients have had either a single myocardial infarction or multiple myocardial infarctions; here, the consequent scarring and remodeling results in the development of a dilated and hypocontractile heart.
• idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy At times the causative agent cannot be identified, so the disease is referred to as “idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.” Irrespective of ischemic or other origin, patients with dilated cardiomyopathy share an abysmal prognosis, excessive morbidity and high mortality.
• CHF chronic myelolism
• Acute congestive heart failure (also known as acute “decompensated” heart failure) involves a precipitous drop in cardiac function resulting from a variety of causes. For example in a patient who already has congestive heart failure, a new myocardial infarction, discontinuation of medications, and dietary indiscretions may all lead to accumulation of edema fluid and metabolic insufficiency even in the resting state.
• a therapeutic agent that increases cardiac function during such an acute episode could assist in relieving this metabolic insufficiency and speeding the removal of edema, facilitating the return to the more stable “compensated” congestive heart failure state.
• Patients with very advanced congestive heart failure particularly those at the end stage of the disease also could benefit from a therapeutic agent that increases cardiac function, for example, for stabilization while waiting for a heart transplant.
• Other potential benefits could be provided to patients coming off a bypass pump, for example, by administration of an agent that assists the stopped or slowed heart in resuming normal function.
• Patients who have diastolic dysfunction could benefit from a therapeutic agent that modulates relaxation.
• Inotropes are drugs that increase the contractile ability of the heart. As a group, all current inotropes have failed to meet the gold standard for heart failure therapy, i.e., to prolong patient survival. In addition, current agents are poorly selective for cardiac tissue, in part leading to recognized adverse effects that limit their use. Despite this fact, intravenous inotropes continue to be widely used in acute heart failure (e.g., to allow for reinstitution of oral medications or to bridge patients to heart transplantation) whereas in chronic heart failure, orally given digoxin is used as an inotrope to relieve patient symptoms, improve the quality of life, and reduce hospital admissions.
• the selectivity of agents directed at the cardiac sarcomere has been identified as an important means to achieve this improved therapeutic index.
• the present invention provides such agents (particularly sarcomere activating agents) and methods for their identification and use.
• Another approach may be to directly activate cardiac myosin without changing the calcium transient to improving cardiac contractility.
• the present invention provides such agents (particularly myosin activating agents) and methods for their identification and use.
• the present invention provides chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of heart failure including CHF, particularly systolic heart failure.
• the compositions are selective modulators of the cardiac sarcomere, for example, potentiating cardiac myosin.
• the present invention provides at least one chemical entity chosen from compounds of Formula I
• compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or adjuvant and at least one chemical entity as described herein.
• packaged pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutical composition as described herein and instructions for using the composition to treat a patient suffering from a heart disease.
• Also provided are methods of treating heart disease in a mammal which method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one chemical entity as described herein.
• Also provided are methods for modulating the cardiac sarcomere in a mammal which method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one chemical entity as described herein.
• Also provided are methods for potentiating cardiac myosin in a mammal which method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one chemical entity as described herein.
• the present invention provides methods of screening for chemical entities that will bind to myosin (for example, myosin II or ⁇ myosin), for example chemical entities that will displace or compete with the binding of at least one chemical entity as described herein.
• the methods comprise combining an optionally-labeled chemical entity as described herein, myosin, and at least one candidate agent and determining the binding of the candidate agent to myosin.
• the invention provides methods of screening for modulators of the activity of myosin.
• the methods comprise combining a chemical entity as described herein, myosin, and at least one candidate agent and determining the effect of the candidate agent on the activity of myosin.
• Formula I includes all subformulae thereof.
• Formula I includes compounds of Formula Ia, Ib, II, etc.
• a dash (“-”) that is not between two letters or symbols is used to indicate a point of attachment for a substituent. For example, —CONH 2 is attached through the carbon atom.
• optionally substituted alkyl encompasses both “alkyl” and “substituted alkyl” as defined below. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, with respect to any group containing one or more substituents, that such groups are not intended to introduce any substitution or substitution patterns that are sterically impractical, synthetically non-feasible and/or inherently unstable.
• Alkyl encompasses straight chain and branched chain having the indicated number of carbon atoms, usually from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, for example 1 to 8 carbon atoms, such as 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
• C 1 -C 6 alkyl encompasses both straight and branched chain alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
• alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, 2-pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, hexyl, 2-hexyl, 3-hexyl, 3-methylpentyl, and the like.
• Alkylene is another subset of alkyl, referring to the same residues as alkyl, but having two points of attachment. Alkylene groups will usually have from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, for example 2 to 8 carbon atoms, such as from 2 to 6 carbon atoms. For example, C 0 alkylene indicates a covalent bond and C 1 alkylene is a methylene group.
• alkyl residue having a specific number of carbons is named, all geometric combinations having that number of carbons are intended to be encompassed; thus, for example, “butyl” is meant to include n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl and t-butyl; “propyl” includes n-propyl and isopropyl. “Lower alkyl” refers to alkyl groups having one to four carbons.
• Alkenyl refers to an unsaturated branched or straight-chain alkyl group having at least one carbon-carbon double bond derived by the removal of one hydrogen atom from a single carbon atom of a parent alkene.
• the group may be in either the cis or trans configuration about the double bond(s).
• Typical alkenyl groups include, but are not limited to, ethenyl; propenyls such as prop-1-en-1-yl, prop-1-en-2-yl, prop-2-en-1-yl (allyl), prop-2-en-2-yl, cycloprop-1-en-1-yl; cycloprop-2-en-1-yl; butenyls such as but-1-en-1-yl, but-1-en-2-yl, 2-methyl-prop-1-en-1-yl, but-2-en-1-yl, but-2-en-1-yl, but-2-en-2-yl, buta-1,3-dien-1-yl, buta-1,3-dien-2-yl, cyclobut-1-en-1-yl, cyclobut-1-en-3-yl, cyclobuta-1,3-dien-1-yl; and the like.
• an alkenyl group has from 2 to 20 carbon atoms and in other embodiments, from 2 to
• Alkynyl refers to an unsaturated branched or straight-chain alkyl group having at least one carbon-carbon triple bond derived by the removal of one hydrogen atom from a single carbon atom of a parent alkyne.
• Typical alkynyl groups include, but are not limited to, ethynyl; propynyls such as prop-1-yn-1-yl, prop-2-yn-1-yl; butynyls such as but-1-yn-1-yl, but-1-yn-3-yl, but-3-yn-1-yl; and the like.
• an alkynyl group has from 2 to 20 carbon atoms and in other embodiments, from 3 to 6 carbon atoms.
• Cycloalkyl indicates a non-aromatic carbocyclic ring, usually having from 3 to 7 ring carbon atoms. The ring may be saturated or have one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. Examples of cycloalkyl groups include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexyl, and cyclohexenyl, as well as bridged and caged saturated ring groups such as norbornane.
• alkoxy is meant an alkyl group of the indicated number of carbon atoms attached through an oxygen bridge such as, for example, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, pentyloxy, 2-pentyloxy, isopentyloxy, neopentyloxy, hexyloxy, 2-hexyloxy, 3-hexyloxy, 3-methylpentyloxy, and the like.
• Alkoxy groups will usually have from 1 to 7 carbon atoms attached through the oxygen bridge. “Lower alkoxy” refers to alkoxy groups having one to four carbons.
• “Mono- and di-alkylcarboxamide” encompasses a group of the formula —(C ⁇ O)NR a R b where R a and R b are independently chosen from hydrogen and alkyl groups of the indicated number of carbon atoms, provided that R a and R b are not both hydrogen.
• Acyl refers to the groups (alkyl)-C(O)—; (cycloalkyl)-C(O)—; (aryl)-C(O)—; (heteroaryl)-C(O)—; and (heterocycloalkyl)-C(O)—, wherein the group is attached to the parent structure through the carbonyl functionality and wherein alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocycloalkyl are as described herein.
• Acyl groups have the indicated number of carbon atoms, with the carbon of the keto group being included in the numbered carbon atoms.
• a C 2 acyl group is an acetyl group having the formula CH 3 (C ⁇ O)—.
• alkoxycarbonyl is meant a group of the formula (alkoxy)(C ⁇ O)— attached through the carbonyl carbon wherein the alkoxy group has the indicated number of carbon atoms.
• a C 1 -C 6 alkoxycarbonyl group is an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms attached through its oxygen to a carbonyl linker.
• amino is meant the group —NH 2 .
• “Mono- and di-(alkyl)amino” encompasses secondary and tertiary alkyl amino groups, wherein the alkyl groups are as defined above and have the indicated number of carbon atoms. The point of attachment of the alkylamino group is on the nitrogen. Examples of mono- and di-alkylamino groups include ethylamino, dimethylamino, and methyl-propyl-amino.
• aminocarbonyl refers to the group —CONR b R c , where
• R b is chosen from H, optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, and optionally substituted heteroaryl;
• R c is independently chosen from hydrogen and optionally substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl; or
• R b and R c taken together with the nitrogen to which they are bound, form an optionally substituted 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycloalkyl which optionally includes 1 or 2 additional heteroatoms selected from O, N, and S in the heterocycloalkyl ring;
• each substituted group is independently substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from C 1 -C 4 alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aryl-C 1 -C 4 alkyl-, heteroaryl-C 1 -C 4 alkyl-, C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, —OC 1 -C 4 alkyl, —OC 1 -C 4 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 4 alkyl-OH, —OC 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, halo, —OH, —NH 2 , —C 1 -C 4 alkyl-NH 2 , —N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —NH(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 alkylphenyl), —NH(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —N(C 1 -
• 6-membered carbocyclic aromatic rings for example, benzene
• bicyclic ring systems wherein at least one ring is carbocyclic and aromatic, for example, naphthalene, indane, and tetralin; and
• tricyclic ring systems wherein at least one ring is carbocyclic and aromatic, for example, fluorene.
• aryl includes 6-membered carbocyclic aromatic rings fused to a 5- to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl ring containing 1 or more heteroatoms chosen from N, O, and S.
• bicyclic ring systems wherein only one of the rings is a carbocyclic aromatic ring, the point of attachment may be at the carbocyclic aromatic ring or the heterocycloalkyl ring.
• Bivalent radicals formed from substituted benzene derivatives and having the free valences at ring atoms are named as substituted phenylene radicals.
• Bivalent radicals derived from univalent polycyclic hydrocarbon radicals whose names end in “-yl” by removal of one hydrogen atom from the carbon atom with the free valence are named by adding “-idene” to the name of the corresponding univalent radical, e.g., a naphthyl group with two points of attachment is termed naphthylidene.
• Aryl does not encompass or overlap in any way with heteroaryl, separately defined below. Hence, if one or more carbocyclic aromatic rings is fused with a heterocycloalkyl aromatic ring, the resulting ring system is heteroaryl, not aryl, as defined herein.
• aryloxy refers to the group —O-aryl.
• Carbamimidoyl refers to the group —C( ⁇ NH)—NH 2 .
• “Substituted carbamimidoyl” refers to the group —C( ⁇ NR e )—NR f R g where R e , is chosen from: hydrogen, cyano, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, and optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl; and R f and R g are independently chosen from: hydrogen optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, and optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl, provided that at least one of R e , R f , and R g is not hydrogen and wherein substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl refer respectively to alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl wherein one or more (such as up to 5, for
• halo includes fluoro, chloro, bromo, and iodo
• halogen includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine
• Haloalkyl indicates alkyl as defined above having the specified number of carbon atoms, substituted with 1 or more halogen atoms, up to the maximum allowable number of halogen atoms.
• Examples of haloalkyl include, but are not limited to, trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, 2-fluoroethyl, and penta-fluoroethyl.
• Heteroaryl encompasses:
• heteroaryl includes a 5- to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, aromatic ring fused to a 5- to 7-membered cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl ring.
• bicyclic heteroaryl ring systems wherein only one of the rings contains one or more heteroatoms, the point of attachment may be at either ring.
• the total number of S and O atoms in the heteroaryl group exceeds 1, those heteroatoms are not adjacent to one another.
• the total number of S and O atoms in the heteroaryl group is not more than 2.
• the total number of S and O atoms in the aromatic heterocycle is not more than 1.
• heteroaryl groups include, but are not limited to, (as numbered from the linkage position assigned priority 1), 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, 2,3-pyrazinyl, 3,4-pyrazinyl, 2,4-pyrimidinyl, 3,5-pyrimidinyl, 2,3-pyrazolinyl, 2,4-imidazolinyl, isoxazolinyl, oxazolinyl, thiazolinyl, thiadiazolinyl, tetrazolyl, thienyl, benzothiophenyl, furanyl, benzofuranyl, benzoimidazolinyl, indolinyl, pyridazinyl, triazolyl, quinolinyl, pyrazolyl, and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolinyl.
• Bivalent radicals derived from univalent heteroaryl radicals whose names end in “-yl” by removal of one hydrogen atom from the atom with the free valence are named by adding “-idene” to the name of the corresponding univalent radical, e.g., a pyridyl group with two points of attachment is a pyridylidene.
• Heteroaryl does not encompass or overlap with aryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkyl, as defined herein
• Substituted heteroaryl also includes ring systems substituted with one or more oxide (—O ⁇ ) substituents, such as pyridinyl N-oxides.
• heterocycloalkyl is meant a single, non-aromatic ring, usually with 3 to 7 ring atoms, containing at least 2 carbon atoms in addition to 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing heteroatoms.
• the ring may be saturated or have one or more carbon-carbon double bonds.
• Suitable heterocycloalkyl groups include, for example (as numbered from the linkage position assigned priority 1), 2-pyrrolidinyl, 2,4-imidazolidinyl, 2,3-pyrazolidinyl, 2-piperidyl, 3-piperidyl, 4-piperidyl, and 2,5-piperizinyl.
• Morpholinyl groups are also contemplated, including 2-morpholinyl and 3-morpholinyl (numbered wherein the oxygen is assigned priority 1).
• Substituted heterocycloalkyl also includes ring systems substituted with one or more oxo ( ⁇ O) or oxide (—O ⁇ ) substituents, such as piperidinyl N-oxide, morpholinyl-N-oxide, 1-oxo-1-thiomorpholinyl and 1,1-dioxo-1-thiomorpholinyl.
• Heterocycloalkyl also includes bicyclic ring systems wherein one non-aromatic ring, usually with 3 to 7 ring atoms, contains at least 2 carbon atoms in addition to 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing heteroatoms; and the other ring, usually with 3 to 7 ring atoms, optionally contains 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen and is not aromatic.
• modulation refers to a change in activity as a direct or indirect response to the presence of a chemical entity as described herein, relative to the activity of in the absence of the chemical entity.
• the change may be an increase in activity or a decrease in activity, and may be due to the direct interaction of the chemical entity with the a target or due to the interaction of the chemical entity with one or more other factors that in turn affect the target's activity.
• the presence of the chemical entity may, for example, increase or decrease the target activity by directly binding to the target, by causing (directly or indirectly) another factor to increase or decrease the target activity, or by (directly or indirectly) increasing or decreasing the amount of target present in the cell or organism.
• sulfanyl includes the groups: —S-(optionally substituted (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl), —S-(optionally substituted aryl), —S-(optionally substituted heteroaryl), and —S-(optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl).
• sulfanyl includes the group C 1 -C 6 alkylsulfanyl.
• sulfinyl includes the groups: —S(O)-(optionally substituted (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl), —S(O)-optionally substituted aryl), —S(O)-optionally substituted heteroaryl), —S(O)-(optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl); and —S(O)-(optionally substituted amino).
• sulfonyl includes the groups: —S(O 2 )-(optionally substituted (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl), —S(O 2 )-optionally substituted aryl), —S(O 2 )-optionally substituted heteroaryl), —S (O 2 )-(optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl) and —S(O 2 )-(optionally substituted amino).
• substituted means that any one or more hydrogens on the designated atom or group is replaced with a selection from the indicated group, provided that the designated atom's normal valence is not exceeded.
• a substituent is oxo (i.e., ⁇ O) then 2 hydrogens on the atom are replaced.
• Combinations of substituents and/or variables are permissible only if such combinations result in stable compounds or useful synthetic intermediates.
• a stable compound or stable structure is meant to imply a compound that is sufficiently robust to survive isolation from a reaction mixture, and subsequent formulation as an agent having at least practical utility.
• substituents are named into the core structure. For example, it is to be understood that when (cycloalkyl)alkyl is listed as a possible substituent, the point of attachment of this substituent to the core structure is in the alkyl portion.
• substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl refer respectively to alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl wherein one or more (such as up to 5, for example, up to 3) hydrogen atoms are replaced by a substituent independently chosen from:
• substituted acyl refers to the groups (substituted alkyl)-C(O)—; (substituted cycloalkyl)-C(O)—; (substituted aryl)-C(O)—; (substituted heteroaryl)-C(O)—; and (substituted heterocycloalkyl)-C(O)—, wherein the group is attached to the parent structure through the carbonyl functionality and wherein substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocycloalkyl, refer respectively to alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocycloalkyl wherein one or more (such as up to 5, for example, up to 3) hydrogen atoms are replaced by a substituent independently chosen from:
• substituted alkoxy refers to alkoxy wherein the alkyl constituent is substituted (i.e., —O-(substituted alkyl)) wherein “substituted alkyl” refers to alkyl wherein one or more (such as up to 5, for example, up to 3) hydrogen atoms are replaced by a substituent independently chosen from:
• each optionally substituted group is unsubstituted or independently substituted with one or more, such as one, two, or three, substituents independently selected from C 1 -C 4 alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aryl-C 1 -C 4 alkyl-, heteroaryl-C 1 -C 4 alkyl-, C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, —OC 1 -C 4 alkyl, —OC 1 -C 4 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 4 alkyl-OH, —OC 1 -C 4 haloalkyl, halo, —OH, —NH 2 , —C 1 -C 4 alkyl-NH 2 , —N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —NH(C 1 -C 4 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 4 alkyl)(C 1 -C 4 alkylphenyl), —NH
• a substituted alkoxy group is “polyalkoxy” or —O-(optionally substituted alkylene)-(optionally substituted alkoxy), and includes groups such as —OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 3 , and residues of glycol ethers such as polyethyleneglycol, and —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) x CH 3 , where x is an integer of 2-20, such as 2-10, and for example, 2-5.
• Another substituted alkoxy group is hydroxyalkoxy or —OCH 2 (CH 2 ) y OH, where y is an integer of 1-10, such as 1-4.
• substituted alkoxycarbonyl refers to the group (substituted alkyl)-O—C(O)— wherein the group is attached to the parent structure through the carbonyl functionality and wherein substituted refers to alkyl wherein one or more (such as up to 5, for example, up to 3) hydrogen atoms are replaced by a substituent independently chosen from:
• substituted amino refers to the group —NHR d or —NR d R e wherein R d is chosen from: hydroxy, optionally substituted alkoxy, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted carbamimidoyl, optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted sulfinyl and optionally substituted sulfonyl, and wherein R e is chosen from: optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, and optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl, and wherein substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycl
• substituted amino also refers to N-oxides of the groups —NHR d , and NR d R d each as described above.
• N-oxides can be prepared by treatment of the corresponding amino group with, for example, hydrogen peroxide or m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid. The person skilled in the art is familiar with reaction conditions for carrying out the N-oxidation.
• Compounds of Formula I include, but are not limited to, optical isomers of compounds of Formula I, racemates, and other mixtures thereof.
• the single enantiomers or diastereomers, i.e., optically active forms can be obtained by asymmetric synthesis or by resolution of the racemates. Resolution of the racemates can be accomplished, for example, by conventional methods such as crystallization in the presence of a resolving agent, or chromatography, using, for example a chiral high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) column.
• compounds of Formula I include Z- and E-forms (or cis- and trans-forms) of compounds with carbon-carbon double bonds. Where compounds of Formula I exists in various tautomeric forms, chemical entities of the present invention include all tautomeric forms of the compound.
• Chemical entities of the present invention include, but are not limited to compounds of Formula I and all pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable forms of the chemical entities recited herein include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, crystal forms (including polymorphs and clathrates), chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, and mixtures thereof.
• the compounds described herein are in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• the terms “chemical entity” and “chemical entities” also encompass pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, and mixtures.
• “Pharmaceutically acceptable salts” include, but are not limited to salts with inorganic acids, such as hydrochloride, phosphate, diphosphate, hydrobromide, sulfate, sulfmate, nitrate, and like salts; as well as salts with an organic acid, such as malate, maleate, fumarate, tartrate, succinate, citrate, lactate, methanesulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, 2-hydroxyethylsulfonate, benzoate, salicylate, stearate, and alkanoate such as acetate, HOOC—(CH 2 ) n —COOH where n is 0-4, and like salts.
• pharmaceutically acceptable cations include, but are not limited to sodium, potassium, calcium, aluminum, lithium, and ammonium.
• the free base can be obtained by basifying a solution of the acid salt.
• an addition salt particularly a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, may be produced by dissolving the free base in a suitable organic solvent and treating the solution with an acid, in accordance with conventional procedures for preparing acid addition salts from base compounds.
• Those skilled in the art will recognize various synthetic methodologies that may be used to prepare non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts.
• prodrugs also fall within the scope of chemical entities, for example ester or amide derivatives of the compounds of Formula I.
• the term “prodrugs” includes any chemical entities that become compounds of Formula I when administered to a patient, e.g., upon metabolic processing of the prodrug.
• Examples of prodrugs include, but are not limited to, acetate, formate, phosphate, and benzoate and like derivatives of functional groups (such as alcohol or amine groups) in the compounds of Formula I.
• solvate refers to the chemical entity formed by the interaction of a solvent and a compound. Suitable solvates are pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, such as hydrates, including monohydrates and hemi-hydrates.
• chelate refers to the chemical entity formed by the coordination of a compound to a metal ion at two (or more) points.
• non-covalent complex refers to the chemical entity formed by the interaction of a compound and another molecule wherein a covalent bond is not formed between the compound and the molecule.
• complexation can occur through van der Waals interactions, hydrogen bonding, and electrostatic interactions (also called ionic bonding).
• an “active agent” is used to indicate a chemical entity which has biological activity.
• an “active agent” is a compound having pharmaceutical utility.
• an active agent may be an anti-cancer therapeutic.
• significant is meant any detectable change that is statistically significant in a standard parametric test of statistical significance such as Student's T-test, where p ⁇ 0.05.
• terapéuticaally effective amount of a chemical entity of this invention means an amount effective, when administered to a human or non-human patient, to provide a therapeutic benefit such as amelioration of symptoms, slowing of disease progression, or prevention of disease.
• Treatment or “treating” means any treatment of a disease in a patient, including:
• Patient refers to an animal, such as a mammal, that has been or will be the object of treatment, observation or experiment.
• the methods of the invention can be useful in both human therapy and veterinary applications.
• the patient is a mammal; in some embodiments the patient is human; and in some embodiments the patient is chosen from cats and dogs.
• the present invention is directed to at least one chemical entity that is a selective modulator of the cardiac sarcomere (e.g., by stimulating or otherwise potentiating the activity of cardiac myosin).
• the present invention provides at least one chemical entity chosen from compounds of Formula I:
• Z 1 is —CHNHC(O)NHR 4 and Z 2 is R 3 .
• Z 2 is —CHNHC(O)NHR 4 and Z 1 is R 3 .
• R 4 is chosen from optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryl and optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl.
• R 4 is chosen from optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted naphthyl, optionally substituted pyrrolyl, optionally substituted thiazolyl, optionally substituted isoxazolyl, optionally substituted pyrazolyl, optionally substituted oxazolyl, optionally substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl, optionally substituted pyrazinyl, optionally substituted pyrimidinyl and optionally substituted pyridazinyl.
• R 4 is chosen from optionally substituted pyridinyl.
• R 4 is chosen from 6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl, 6-methyl-pyridin-3-yl and pyridin-3-yl.
• R 3 is chosen from hydrogen, halo, cyano, lower alkyl, and hydroxyl.
• R 3 is chosen from hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, methyl, ethyl and hydroxyl.
• R 3 is hydrogen
• R 1 and R 2 are independently chosen from halo, cyano and lower alkyl.
• R 2 is hydrogen
• R 3 is hydrogen
• R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are hydrogen.
• W 1 is N. In some embodiments, W 1 is C.
• A is a five-membered cycloalkyl, five-membered heteroaryl, and five-membered heterocycloalkyl rings.
• A is a five membered ring selected from
• R 5 is selected from optionally substituted piperazinyl; optionally substituted 1,1-dioxo-1 ⁇ 6 -[1,2,5]thiadiazolidin-2-yl; optionally substituted 3-oxo-tetrahydro-pyrrolo [1,2-c]oxazol-6-yl, optionally substituted 2-oxo-imidazolidin-1-yl; optionally substituted morpholinyl; optionally substituted 1,1-dioxo-1 ⁇ 6 -thiomorpholin-4-yl; optionally substituted pyrrolidinyl; optionally substituted piperidinyl; optionally substituted azepanyl; optionally substituted 1,4-diazepanyl; optionally substituted 3-oxo-tetrahydro-1H-oxazolo[3,4-a]pyrazin-3(5H)-one; optionally substituted 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-
• R A and R B are independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, or R A and R B taken together with the carbon to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted 3- to 7-membered ring which optionally incorporates one or two additional heteroatoms, selected from N, O, and S in the ring.
• R 5 is optionally substituted piperazinyl.
• R 5 is chosen from 4-(dimethylcarbamoyl)piperazine-1-yl, 4-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)piperazine-1-yl, 4-acetyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-ethoxycarbonyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-ethylsulfonyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-methoxycarbonyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-methylsulfonyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-t-butoxycarbonyl-piperazin-1-yl, piperazin-1-yl, 4-(4-acetylpiperazine-1-carbonyl) piperazin-1-yl, 4-(4-methylpiperazine-1-carbonyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(piperidine-1-carbonyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(morpholine-4-carbonyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(cyclobutyl
• R 5 is optionally substituted amino.
• R 5 is selected from optionally substituted amino of the Formula NR 9 R 10 where R 9 is selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted aminocarbonyl, and optionally substituted sulfonyl, and R 10 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl.
• R 9 is —(SO 2 )—R 17 wherein R 17 is lower alkyl or —NR 11 R 12 wherein R 11 and R 12 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl.
• R 9 is optionally substituted lower alkoxycarbonyl.
• R 9 is lower alkyl.
• R 9 is acetyl
• R 10 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and methoxycarbonyl.
• R 5 is selected from amino, methylamino, 2-(methoxycarbonylamino), 2-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino), benzyloxycarbonylamino, ethylsulfonamido, N,N-dimethylsulfamoylamino, acetylamino, 3,3-dimethylureido, methoxycarbonyl(methyl)amino, N,N-diethylamino, N-methylethylsulfonamido, N-acetyl-N-methylamino, N-t-butoxycarbonyl-N-methylamino, (N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)(methyl)amino, 1,3,3-trimethylureido, and bis(methoxycarbonyl)amino.
• p is 0.
• p is 1.
• R 6 is chosen from lower alkyl and halo.
• L is chosen from a bond, and optionally substituted alkylene.
• L is a bond
• L is —CH 2 —.
• L is —CH 2 CH 2 —.
• L is —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 —.
• the combinations of p R 6 , R 5 , L and ring A are selected from
• A is selected from six-membered cycloalkyl, six-membered aryl, six-membered heterocycloalkyl, and six-membered heteroaryl rings.
• W 2 is C.
• W 2 is NH
• W 1 and W 2 are C, p is 0 and R 6 is absent.
• p is 0, R 6 is absent, R 5 -L is bonded to W 2 , W 1 is C, and W 2 is N.
• At least one chemical entity is chosen from compounds of Formula Ia
• a p, L, W 1 , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are as described for compounds of Formula I.
• At least one chemical entity is chosen from compounds of Formula Ib.
• a p, L, W 1 , R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 5 and R 6 , R 15 and R 16 are as described for compounds of Formula I.
• the compound of Formula I is chosen from compounds in Tables I and II below.
• R 6 R 5 L A W 1 R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 H 4- meethoxy- carbonyl- piperazin- 1-yl bond C H H H 6-methyl- pyridin-3- yl H 4- ethylsulfonyl- piperazin- 1-yl bond C H H H 6-meethyl- pyridin-3- yl H 4-(N,N- dimethyl- sulfamoyl) piperazine- 1-yl bond C H H H 6-methyl- pyridin-3- yl
• Chemical entities of the invention can be synthesized utilizing techniques well known in the art, e.g., as illustrated below with reference to the Reaction Schemes.
• reaction times and conditions are intended to be approximate, e.g., taking place at about atmospheric pressure within a temperature range of about ⁇ 10° C. to about 110° C. over a period of about 1 to about 24 hours; reactions left to run overnight average a period of about 16 hours.
• solvent each mean a solvent inert under the conditions of the reaction being described in conjunction therewith [including, for example, benzene, toluene, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran (“THF”), dimethylformamide (“DMF”), chloroform, methylene chloride (or dichloromethane), diethyl ether, methanol, pyridine and the like].
• solvents used in the reactions of the present invention are inert organic solvents.
• q.s. means adding a quantity sufficient to achieve a stated function, e.g., to bring a solution to the desired volume (i.e., 100%).
• Isolation and purification of the chemical entities and intermediates described herein can be effected, if desired, by any suitable separation or purification procedure such as, for example, filtration, extraction, crystallization, column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography or thick-layer chromatography, or a combination of these procedures.
• suitable separation and isolation procedures can be had by reference to the examples hereinbelow. However, other equivalent separation or isolation procedures can, of course, also be used.
• the (R)— and (S)-isomers may be resolved by methods known to those skilled in the art, for example by formation of diastereoisomeric salts or complexes which may be separated, for example, by crystallization; via formation of diastereoisomeric derivatives which may be separated, for example, by crystallization, gas-liquid or liquid chromatography; selective reaction of one enantiomer with an enantiomer-specific reagent, for example enzymatic oxidation or reduction, followed by separation of the modified and unmodified enantiomers; or gas-liquid or liquid chromatography in a chiral environment, for example on a chiral support, such as silica with a bound chiral ligand or in the presence of a chiral solvent.
• a compound of Formula I can be dissolved in a lower alkanol and placed on a Chiralpak AD (205 ⁇ 20 mm) column (Chiral Technologies, Inc.) conditioned for 60 min at 70% EtOAc in Hexane.
• a further step may be required to liberate the desired enantiomeric form.
• a specific enantiomer may be synthesized by asymmetric synthesis using optically active reagents, substrates, catalysts or solvents, or by converting one enantiomer to the other by asymmetric transformation.
• Preparation of Compounds of Formula Ia and/or Ib Reaction Scheme 2 illustrates an alternative synthesis of compounds of Formula Ia and/or lb.
• the isocyanate of Formula 201 can be formed and isolated independently from either corresponding amine (i.e., R 4 —NH 2 ) using phosgene or a phosgene equivalent or from the corresponding carboxylic acid (i.e., R 4 —COOH) using a Curtius or Hoffman rearrangement.
• a mixture of compounds of Formula 101a (or 101b) and 201 in an aprotic solvent such as dichloromethane or tetrahydrofuran from ⁇ 40° C. to 110° C. is allowed to stir for between 1 to 15 hr.
• the product, a compound of Formula Ia (or Ib) is isolated and purified.
• Step 1a a compound of Formula 301a is combined with about one equivalent of a compound of the formula R 5 —OH wherein R 5 is as described above; a base such as potassium carbonate in an aprotic solvent such as DMF. The mixture is heated for about 1-16 hr at about 100° C. The product, a compound of Formula 303, is isolated and purified.
• Step 1b a compound of Formula 301b is combined a compound of the formula R 5 —OH. The mixture is stirred about 1-16 hr at about room temperature. The product, a compound of Formula 303, is isolated and purified.
• Step 1b a compound of Formula 301b is treated with a base such as sodium hydride in an aprotic solvent such as DMF for 1-16 hours from 0° C. to 110° C.
• Q is a leaving group such as a halogen, methanesulfonate, a p-toluenesulfonate, or a trifluoromethanesulfonate in an aprotic solvent such as DMF or THF for 1-16 hours from 0° C. to 110° C.
• the product, a compound of Formula 303 is isolated and purified.
• final chemical entities prepared by a process of the present invention may have minor, but detectable, amounts of such materials present, for example at levels in the range of 95% purity with no single impurity greater than 1%. These levels can be detected, e.g., by emission spectroscopy. It is important to monitor the purity of pharmaceutical chemical entities for the presence of such materials, which presence is additionally disclosed as a method of detecting use of a synthetic process of the invention.
• a racemic mixture of isomers of a compound of Formula I is optionally placed on a chiral chromatography column and separated into (R)— and (S)-enantiomers.
• a compound of Formula I is optionally contacted with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid to form the corresponding acid addition salt.
• a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt of Formula I is optionally contacted with a base to form the corresponding free base of Formula I.
• the chemical entities of the present invention are selective for and modulate the cardiac sarcomere, and are useful to bind to and/or potentiate the activity of cardiac myosin, increasing the rate at which myosin hydrolyzes ATP.
• modulate means either increasing or decreasing myosin activity, whereas “potentiate” means to increase activity. It has also been determined in testing representative chemical entities of the invention, that their administration can also increase the contractile force in cardiac muscle fiber.
• the chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of the invention are used to treat heart disease, including but not limited to: acute (or decompensated) congestive heart failure, and chronic congestive heart failure; for example, diseases associated with systolic heart dysfunction.
• Additional therapeutic utilities include administration to stabilize heart function in patients awaiting a heart transplant, and to assist a stopped or slowed heart in resuming normal function following use of a bypass pump.
• ATP hydrolysis is employed by myosin in the sarcomere to produce force. Therefore, an increase in ATP hydrolysis would correspond to an increase in the force or velocity of muscle contraction. In the presence of actin, myosin ATPase activity is stimulated >100 fold. Thus, ATP hydrolysis not only measures myosin enzymatic activity but also its interaction with the actin filament.
• a chemical entity that modulates the cardiac sarcomere can be identified by an increase or decrease in the rate of ATP hydrolysis by myosin, for example exhibiting a 1.4 fold increase at concentrations less than 10 ⁇ M (for example, less than 1 ⁇ M).
• a biochemically functional sarcomere preparation can be used to determine in vitro ATPase activity, for example, as described in U.S. Ser. No. 09/539,164, filed Mar. 29, 2000.
• the functional biochemical behavior of the sarcomere including calcium sensitivity of ATPase hydrolysis, can be reconstituted by combining its purified individual components (including its regulatory components and myosin).
• Another functional preparation is the in vitro motility assay. It can be performed by adding test chemical entity to a myosin-bound slide and observing the velocity of actin filaments sliding over the myosin covered glass surface (Kron S J. (1991) Methods Enzymol. 196:399-416).
• the in vitro rate of ATP hydrolysis correlates to myosin potentiating activity, which can be determined by monitoring the production of either ADP or phosphate, for example as described in Ser. No. 09/314,464, filed May 18, 1999.
• ADP production can also be monitored by coupling the ADP production to NADH oxidation (using the enzymes pyruvate kinase and lactate dehydrogenase) and monitoring the NADH level either by absorbance or fluorescence (Greengard, P., Nature 178 (Part 4534): 632-634 (1956); Mol Pharmacol Jan. 6, 1970;(1):31-40).
• Phosphate production can be monitored using purine nucleoside phosphorylase to couple phosphate production to the cleavage of a purine analog, which results in either a change in absorbance ( Proc Natl Acad Sci USA Jun. 1, 1992;89(11):4884-7) or fluorescence ( Biochem J Mar. 1, 1990;266(2):611-4). While a single measurement can be employed, multiple measurements may be taken of the same sample at different times in order to determine the absolute rate of the protein activity; such measurements can have higher specificity in the presence of test chemical entities that have similar absorbance or fluorescence properties with those of the enzymatic readout.
• Test chemical entities can be assayed in a highly parallel fashion using multiwell plates by placing the chemical entities either individually in wells or testing them in mixtures. Assay components including the target protein complex, coupling enzymes and substrates, and ATP can then be added to the wells and the absorbance or fluorescence of each well of the plate can be measured with a plate reader.
• a 384 well plate format and a 25 ⁇ L reaction volume is used.
• a pyruvate kinase/lactate dehydrogenase coupled enzyme system (Huang T G and hackney D D. (1994) J Biol Chem 269(23):16493-16501) is used to measure the rate of ATP hydrolysis in each well.
• the assay components are added in buffers and reagents. Since the methods outlined herein allow kinetic measurements, incubation periods are optimized to give adequate detection signals over the background. The assay is done in real time giving the kinetics of ATP hydrolysis, which increases the signal to noise ratio of the assay.
• Modulation of cardiac muscle fiber contractile force can be measured using detergent permeabilized cardiac fibers (also referred to as skinned cardiac fibers), for example, as described by Haikala H, et al (1995) J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 25(5):794-801. Skinned cardiac fibers retain their intrinsic sarcomeric organization, but do not retain all aspects of cellular calcium cycling, this model offers two advantages: first, the cellular membrane is not a barrier to chemical entity penetration, and second, calcium concentration is controlled. Therefore, any increase in contractile force is a direct measure of the test chemical entity's effect on sarcomeric proteins. Tension measurements are made by mounting one end of the muscle fiber to a stationary post and the other end to a transducer that can measure force.
• the force transducer After stretching the fiber to remove slack, the force transducer records increased tension as the fiber begins to contract. This measurement is called the isometric tension, since the fiber is not allowed to shorten.
• Activation of the permeabilized muscle fiber is accomplished by placing it in a buffered calcium solution, followed by addition of test chemical entity or control. When tested in this manner, chemical entities of the invention caused an increase in force at calcium concentrations associated with physiologic contractile activity, but very little augmentation of force in relaxing buffer at low calcium concentrations or in the absence of calcium (the EGTA data point).
• Selectivity for the cardiac sarcomere and cardiac myosin can be determined by substituting non-cardiac sarcomere components and myosin in one or more of the above-described assays and comparing the results obtained against those obtained using the cardiac equivalents.
• a chemical entity's ability to increase observed ATPase rate in an in vitro reconstituted sarcomere assay could result from the increased turnover rate of S1-myosin or, alternatively, increased sensitivity of a decorated actin filament to Ca ++ -activation.
• the effect of the chemical entity on ATPase activity of S1 with undecorated actin filaments is initially measured. If an increase of activity is observed, the chemical entity's effect on the Ca-responsive regulatory apparatus could be disproved.
• a second, more sensitive assay can be employed to identify chemical entities whose activating effect on S1-myosin is enhanced in the presence of a decorated actin (compared to pure actin filaments).
• Chemical entities with cellular activity can then be assessed in whole organ models, such as such as the Isolated Heart (Langendorff) model of cardiac function, in vivo using echocardiography or invasive hemodynamic measures, and in animal-based heart failure models, such as the Rat Left Coronary Artery Occlusion model.
• whole organ models such as such as the Isolated Heart (Langendorff) model of cardiac function, in vivo using echocardiography or invasive hemodynamic measures, and in animal-based heart failure models, such as the Rat Left Coronary Artery Occlusion model.
• activity for treating heart disease is demonstrated in blinded, placebo-controlled, human clinical trials.
• At least one chemical entity as described herein is administered at a therapeutically effective dosage, e.g., a dosage sufficient to provide treatment for the disease states previously described.
• a daily dose is from about 0.05 to 100 mg/kg of body weight, for example about 0.10 to 10.0 mg/kg of body weight, or, for example, about 0.15 to 1.0 mg/kg of body weight.
• the dosage range would be about 3.5 to 7000 mg per day, for example, about 7.0 to 700.0 mg per day, or for example, about 10.0 to 100.0 mg per day.
• the amount of active chemical entity administered will, of course, be dependent on the subject and disease state being treated, the severity of the affliction, the manner and schedule of administration and the judgment of the prescribing physician; for example, a likely dose range for oral administration would be about 70 to 700 mg per day, whereas for intravenous administration a likely dose range would be about 700 to 7000 mg per day, the active agents being selected for longer or shorter plasma half-lives, respectively.
• Administration of the chemical entities of the invention or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be via any of the accepted modes of administration for agents that serve similar utilities including, but not limited to, orally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intranasally, topically, transdermally, intraperitoneally, intramuscularly, intrapulmonarilly, vaginally, rectally, or intraocularly.
• Oral and parenteral administration are customary in treating the indications that are the subject of the present invention.
• compositions include solid, semi-solid, liquid and aerosol dosage forms, such as, e.g., tablets, capsules, powders, liquids, suspensions, suppositories, aerosols or the like.
• the chemical entities can also be administered in sustained or controlled release dosage forms, including depot injections, osmotic pumps, pills, transdermal (including electrotransport) patches, and the like, for prolonged and/or timed, pulsed administration at a predetermined rate.
• the compositions are provided in unit dosage forms suitable for single administration of a precise dose.
• the chemical entities can be administered either alone or more typically in combination with a conventional pharmaceutical carrier, excipient or the like (e.g., mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharine, talcum, cellulose, sodium crosscarmellose, glucose, gelatin, sucrose, magnesium carbonate, and the like).
• a conventional pharmaceutical carrier e.g., mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharine, talcum, cellulose, sodium crosscarmellose, glucose, gelatin, sucrose, magnesium carbonate, and the like.
• the pharmaceutical composition can also contain minor amounts of nontoxic auxiliary substances such as wetting agents, emulsifying agents, solubilizing agents, pH buffering agents and the like (e.g., sodium acetate, sodium citrate, cyclodextrine derivatives, sorbitan monolaurate, triethanolamine acetate, triethanolamine oleate, and the like).
• the pharmaceutical formulation will contain about 0.005% to 95%, or about 0.5% to 50% by weight of a chemical entity of the invention.
• Actual methods of preparing such dosage forms are known, or will be apparent, to those skilled in this art; for example, see Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences , Mack Publishing Company, Easton, Pa.
• Suitable additional active agents include, for example: therapies that retard the progression of heart failure by down-regulating neurohormonal stimulation of the heart and attempt to prevent cardiac remodeling (e.g., ACE inhibitors or ⁇ -blockers); therapies that improve cardiac function by stimulating cardiac contractility (e.g., positive inotropic agents, such as the ⁇ -adrenergic agonist dobutamine or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor milrinone); and therapies that reduce cardiac preload (e.g., diuretics, such as furosemide).
• therapies that retard the progression of heart failure by down-regulating neurohormonal stimulation of the heart and attempt to prevent cardiac remodeling e.g., ACE inhibitors or ⁇ -blockers
• therapies that improve cardiac function by stimulating cardiac contractility e.g., positive inotropic agents, such as the ⁇ -adrenergic agonist dobutamine or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor milrinone
• therapies that reduce cardiac preload e.g., diuretics, such as furosemide
• the pharmaceutical compositions will take the form of a pill or tablet and thus the composition will contain, along with the active ingredient, a diluent such as lactose, sucrose, dicalcium phosphate, or the like; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate or the like; and a binder such as starch, gum acacia, polyvinylpyrrolidine, gelatin, cellulose, cellulose derivatives or the like.
• a powder, marume, solution or suspension e.g., in propylene carbonate, vegetable oils or triglycerides
• a gelatin capsule e.g., in propylene carbonate, vegetable oils or triglycerides
• Liquid pharmaceutically administrable compositions can, for example, be prepared by dissolving, dispersing, etc. an active chemical entity as defined above and optional pharmaceutical adjuvants in a carrier (e.g., water, saline, aqueous dextrose, glycerol, glycols, ethanol or the like) to form a solution or suspension.
• a carrier e.g., water, saline, aqueous dextrose, glycerol, glycols, ethanol or the like
• injectables can be prepared in conventional forms, either as liquid solutions or suspensions, as emulsions, or in solid forms suitable for dissolution or suspension in liquid prior to injection.
• the percentage of active chemical entity contained in such parenteral compositions is highly dependent on the specific nature thereof, as well as the activity of the chemical entity and the needs of the subject.
• composition will comprise 0.2-2% of the active agent in solution.
• Formulations of the active chemical entity or a salt may also be administered to the respiratory tract as an aerosol or solution for a nebulizer, or as a microfine powder for insufflation, alone or in combination with an inert carrier such as lactose.
• the particles of the formulation have diameters of less than 50 microns, for example, less than 10 microns.
• myosin is bound to a support and a chemical entity of the invention is added to the assay.
• the chemical entity of the invention can be bound to the support and the myosin added.
• Classes of chemical entities among which novel binding agents may be sought include specific antibodies, non-natural binding agents identified in screens of chemical libraries, peptide analogs, etc. Of interest are screening assays for candidate agents that have a low toxicity for human cells.
• assays may be used for this purpose, including labeled in vitro protein-protein binding assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, immunoassays for protein binding, functional assays (phosphorylation assays, etc.) and the like. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,495,337, incorporated herein by reference.
• Methyl 4-(4-(3-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)ureido)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate To a room temperature solution of Methyl 4-(4-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (175 mg, 0.635 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and triethylamine (90 ⁇ L, 0.635 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in dry DCM (1.7 mL) was added freshly filtered 2-methyl-5-isocyanatopyridine (94 mg, 0.699 mmol, 1.1 equiv) in dry DCM (1.7 mL) dropwise via cannula.
• the solid was suspended in methanol (40 mL), stirred and filtered to provide the desired product as a red solid (3.61 g).
• the filtrate provided an additional 9.8 g of the title compound through an additional methanol treatment (13.4 g, 98% combined).
• tert-Butyl 4-((4-aminobenzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate To a solution of tert-butyl 4-((4-nitrobenzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (5.97 g, 16.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in MeOH (49 mL) was added Pd/C (10% Pd, wet, 2.99 g). The resulting suspension was fixed with a hydrogen balloon and sparged with hydrogen while stirring was maintained. After 1 h, the mixture was filtered through a pad of celite and concentrated in vacuo to provide the title compound as an off-white solid (5.0 g, 91%).
• tert-Butyl 4-((4-(3-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)ureido)benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate To a room temperature solution of tert-butyl 4-((4-aminobenzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (5.0 g, 15.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and triethylamine (2.1 g, 15.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in dry DCM (37 mL) was added 2-methyl-5-isocyanatopyridine (2.22 g, 16.6 mmol, 1.1 equiv) in dry DCM (37 mL) via cannula.
• Specificity assays Specificity towards cardiac myosin is evaluated by comparing the effect of the chemical entity on actin-stimulated ATPase of a panel of myosin isoforms: cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle, at a single 50 ⁇ M concentration or to multiple concentrations of the chemical entity.
• Myofibril assays To evaluate the effect of compounds on the ATPase activity of full-length cardiac myosin in the context of native sarcomere, skinned myofibril assays are performed. Rat cardiac myofibrils are obtained by homogenizing rat cardiac tissue in the presence of detergent. Such treatment removes membranes and majority of soluble cytoplasmic proteins but leaves intact cardiac sarcomeric acto-myosin apparatus. Myofibril preparations retain the ability to hydrolyze ATP in an Ca ++ controlled manner. ATPase activities of such myofibril preparations in the presence and absence of compounds are assayed at Ca ++ concentrations giving 50% and 100% of a maximal rate.
• Dose responses are measured using a calcium-buffered, pyruvate kinase and lactate dehydrogenase-coupled ATPase assay containing the following reagents (concentrations expressed are final assay concentrations): Potassium PIPES (12 mM), MgCl 2 (2 mM), ATP (1 mM), DTT (1 mM), BSA (0.1 mg/ml), NADH (0.5 mM), PEP (1.5 mM), pyruvate kinase (4 U/ml), lactate dehydrogenase (8 U/ml), and antifoam (90 ppm). The pH is adjusted to 6.80 at 22° C. by addition of potassium hydroxide. Calcium levels are controlled by a buffering system containing 0.6 mM EGTA and varying concentrations of calcium, to achieve a free calcium concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 M to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M.
• bovine cardiac myosin subfragment-1 typically 0.5 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac actin 14 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac tropomyosin typically 3 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac troponin typically 3-8 ⁇ M
• concentrations of tropomyosin and troponin are determined empirically, by titration to achieve maximal difference in ATPase activity when measured in the presence of 1 mM EGTA versus that measured in the presence of 0.2 mM CaCl 2 .
• concentration of myosin in the assay is also determined empirically, by titration to achieve a desired rate of ATP hydrolysis. This varies between protein preparations, due to variations in the fraction of active molecules in each preparation.
• Chemical entity dose responses are typically measured at the calcium concentration corresponding to 50% of maximal ATPase activity (pCa 50 ), so a preliminary experiment is performed to test the response of the ATPase activity to free calcium concentrations in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 M to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M. Subsequently, the assay mixture is adjusted to the pCa 50 (typically 3 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M).
• Assays are performed by first preparing a dilution series of test chemical entity, each with an assay mixture containing potassium Pipes, MgCl 2 , BSA, DTT, pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, myosin subfragment-1, antifoam, EGTA, CaCl 2 , and water.
• the assay is started by adding an equal volume of solution containing potassium Pipes, MgCl 2 , BSA, DTT, ATP, NADH, PEP, actin, tropomyosin, troponin, antifoam, and water.
• ATP hydrolysis is monitored by absorbance at 340 nm.
• the AC1.4 is defined as the concentration at which ATPase activity is 1.4-fold higher than the bottom of the dose curve.
• Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats are anesthetized with a mixture of isoflurane gas and oxygen.
• Hearts are quickly excised, rinsed and the ascending aorta cannulated.
• Continuous retrograde perfusion is initiated on the hearts at a perfusion pressure of 60 cm H 2 O.
• Hearts are first perfused with a nominally Ca 2+ free modified Krebs solution of the following composition: 110 mM NaCl, 2.6 mM KCL, 1.2 mM KH 2 PO 4 7 H 2 O, 1.2 mM MgSO 4 , 2.1 mM NaHCO 3 , 11 mM glucose and 4 mM Hepes (all Sigma). This medium is not recirculated and is continually gassed with O 2 . After approximately 3 minutes the heart is perfused with modified Krebs buffer supplemented with 3.3% collagenase (169 ⁇ /mg activity, Class II, Worthington Biochemical Corp., Freehold, N.J.) and 25 ⁇ M final calcium concentration until the heart becomes sufficiently blanched and soft.
• modified Krebs buffer supplemented with 3.3% collagenase (169 ⁇ /mg activity, Class II, Worthington Biochemical Corp., Freehold, N.J.) and 25 ⁇ M final calcium concentration until the heart becomes sufficiently blanched and soft.
• the heart is removed from the cannulae, the atria and vessels discarded and the ventricles are cut into small pieces.
• the myocytes are dispersed by gentle agitation of the ventricular tissue in fresh collagenase containing Krebs prior to being gently forced through a 200 ⁇ m nylon mesh in a 50 cc tube.
• the resulting myocytes are resuspended in modified Krebs solution containing 25 ⁇ m calcium.
• Myocytes are made calcium tolerant by addition of a calcium solution (100 mM stock) at 10 minute intervals until 100 ⁇ M calcium is achieved.
• a DULT VENTRICULAR MYOCYTE CONTRACTILITY EXPERIMENTS Aliquots of Tyrode buffer containing myocytes are placed in perfusion chambers (series 20 RC-27NE; Warner Instruments) complete with heating platforms. Myocytes are allowed to attach, the chambers heated to 37° C., and the cells then perfused with 37° C. Tyrode buffer. Myocytes are field stimulated at 1 Hz in with platinum electrodes (20% above threshold). Only cells that have clear striations, and are quiescent prior to pacing are used for contractility experiments.
• myocytes are imaged through a 40 ⁇ objective and using a variable frame rate (60-240 Hz) charge-coupled device camera, the images are digitized and displayed on a computer screen at a sampling speed of 240 Hz.
• a variable frame rate 60-240 Hz
• test compounds (0.01-15 ⁇ M) are perfused on the myocytes for 5 minutes. After this time, fresh Tyrode buffer is perfused to determine compound washout characteristics.
• edge detection strategy contractility of the myocytes and contraction and relaxation velocities are continuously recorded.
• C. C ONTRACTILIY ANALYSIS Three or more individual myocytes are tested per compound, using two or more different myocyte preparations. For each cell, twenty or more contractility transients at basal (defined as 1 min prior to compound infusion) and after compound addition, are averaged and compared. These average transients are analyzed to determine changes in diastolic length, and using the Ionwizard analysis program (IonOptix), fractional shortening (% decrease in the diastolic length), and maximum contraction and relaxation velocities (um/sec) are determined. Analyses of individual cells are combined. Increase in fractional shortening over basal indicates potentiation of myocyte contractility.
• Fura loading Cell permeable Fura-2 (Molecular Probes) is dissolved in equal amounts of pluronic (Mol Probes) and FBS for 10 min at RT. A 1 ⁇ M Fura stock solution is made in Tyrode buffer containing 500 mM probenecid (Sigma). To load cells, this solution is added to myocytes at RT. After 10 min. the buffer is removed, the cells washed with Tyrode containing probenecid and incubated at RT for 10 min. This wash and incubation is repeated. Simultaneous contractility and calcium measurements are determined within 40 min. of loading.
• a test compound is perfused on cells. Simultaneous contractility and calcium transient ratios are determined at baseline and after compound addition. Cells are digitally imaged and contractility determined as described above, using that a red filter in the light path to avoid interference with fluorescent calcium measurements. Acquisition, analysis software and hardware for calcium transient analysis are obtained from IonOptix.
• the instrumentation for fluorescence measurement includes a xenon arc lamp and a Hyperswitch dual excitation light source that alternates between 340 and 380 wavelengths at 100 Hz by a galvo-driven mirror.
• a liquid filled light guide delivers the dual excitation light to the microscope and the emission fluorescence is determined using a photomultiplier tube (PMT).
• the fluorescence system interface routes the PMT signal and the ratios are recorded using the IonWizard acquisition program.
• contractility and calcium ratio transients For each cell, ten or more contractility and calcium ratio transients at basal and after compound addition, where averaged and compared. Contractility average transients are analyzed using the Ionwizard analysis program to determine changes in diastolic length, and fractional shortening (% decrease in the diastolic length). The averaged calcium ratio transients are analyzed using the Ionwizard analysis program to determine changes in diastolic and systolic ratios and the 75% time to baseline (T 75 ).
• E. D URABILITY To determine the durability of response, myocytes are challenged with a test compound for 25 minutes followed by a 2 min. washout period. Contractility response is compared at 5 and 25 min. following compound infusion.
• F. T HRESHOLD POTENTIAL Myocytes are field stimulated at a voltage approximately 20% above threshold.
• the threshold voltage minimum voltage to pace cell
• the cell paced at that threshold and then the test compound is infused.
• the voltage is decreased for 20 seconds and then restarted. Alteration of ion channels corresponds to increasing or lowering the threshold action potential.
• G. H Z FREQUENCY Contractility of myocytes is determined at 3 Hz as follows: a 1 min. basal time point followed by perfusion of the test compound for 5 min. followed by a 2 min. washout. After the cell contractility has returned completely to baseline the Hz frequency is decreased to 1. After an initial acclimation period the cell is challenged by the same compound. As this species, rat, exhibits a negative force frequency at 1 Hz, at 3 Hz the FS of the cell should be lower, but the cell should still respond by increasing its fractional shortening in the presence of the compound.
• H. A DDITIVE WITH I SOPROTERENOL To demonstrate that a compound act via a different mechanism than the adrenergic stimulant isoproterenol, cells are loaded with fura-2 and simultaneous measurement of contractility and calcium ratios are determined. The myocytes are sequentially challenged with 5 ⁇ m a test compound, buffer, 2 nM isoproterenol, buffer, and a combination of a test compound and isoproterenol.
• Bovine and rat cardiac myosins are purified from the respective cardiac tissues. Skeletal and smooth muscle myosins used in the specificity studies are purified from rabbit skeletal muscle and chicken gizzards, respectively. All myosins used in the assays are converted to a single-headed soluble form (S1) by a limited proteolysis with chymotrypsin. Other sarcomeric components: troponin complex, tropomyosin and actin are purified from bovine hearts (cardiac sarcomere) or chicken pectoral muscle (skeletal sarcomere).
• Myosin ATPase is very significantly activated by actin filaments. ATP turnover is detected in a coupled enzymatic assay using pyruvate kinase (PK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). In this assay each ADP produced as a result of ATP hydrolysis is recycled to ATP by PK with a simultaneous oxidation of NADH molecule by LDH. NADH oxidation can be conveniently monitored by decrease in absorbance at 340 nm wavelength.
• PK pyruvate kinase
• LDH lactate dehydrogenase
• Dose responses are measured using a calcium-buffered, pyruvate kinase and lactate dehydrogenase-coupled ATPase assay containing the following reagents (concentrations expressed are final assay concentrations): Potassium PIPES (12 mM), MgCl 2 (2 mM), ATP (1 mM), DTT (1 mM), BSA (0.1 mg/ml), NADH (0.5 mM), PEP (1.5 mM), pyruvate kinase (4 U/ml), lactate dehydrogenase (8 U/ml), and antifoam (90 ppm). The pH is adjusted to 6.80 at 22° C. by addition of potassium hydroxide. Calcium levels are controlled by a buffering system containing 0.6 mM EGTA and varying concentrations of calcium, to achieve a free calcium concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 M to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M.
• bovine cardiac myosin subfragment-1 typically 0.5 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac actin 14 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac tropomyosin typically 3 ⁇ M
• bovine cardiac troponin typically 3-8 ⁇ M
• concentrations of tropomyosin and troponin are determined empirically, by titration to achieve maximal difference in ATPase activity when measured in the presence of 1 mM EGTA versus that measured in the presence of 0.2 mM CaCl 2 .
• concentration of myosin in the assay is also determined empirically, by titration to achieve a desired rate of ATP hydrolysis. This varies between protein preparations, due to variations in the fraction of active molecules in each preparation.
• Compound dose responses are typically measured at the calcium concentration corresponding to 50% of maximal ATPase activity (pCa 50 ), so a preliminary experiment is performed to test the response of the ATPase activity to free calcium concentrations in the range of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 M to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M. Subsequently, the assay mixture is adjusted to the pCa 50 (typically 3 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M).
• Assays are performed by first preparing a dilution series of test compound, each with an assay mixture containing potassium Pipes, MgCl 2 , BSA, DTT, pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, myosin subfragment-1, antifoam, EGTA, CaCl 2 , and water.
• the assay is started by adding an equal volume of solution containing potassium Pipes, MgCl 2 , BSA, DTT, ATP, NADH, PEP, actin, tropomyosin, troponin, antifoam, and water.
• ATP hydrolysis is monitored by absorbance at 340 nm.
• the AC1.4 is defined as the concentration at which ATPase activity is 1.4-fold higher than the bottom of the dose curve.
• fractional shortening is determined using echocardiography as described above.
• M-Mode images are taken at 30 second intervals prior to bolus injection or infusion of compounds. After injection, M-mode images are taken at 1 min and at five minute intervals thereafter up to 30 min.
• Bolus injection (0.5-5 mg/kg) or infusion is via a tail vein catheter.
• Infusion parameters are determined from pharmacokinetic profiles of the compounds.
• animals received a 1 minute loading dose immediately followed by a 29 minute infusion dose via a tail vein catheter. The loading dose is calculated by determining the target concentration ⁇ the steady state volume of distribution. The maintenance dose concentration is determined by taking the target concentration ⁇ the clearance.
• Compounds are formulated in 25% cavitron vehicle for bolus and infusion protocols. Blood samples are taken to determine the plasma concentration of the compounds.
• Animals are anesthetized with isoflurane, maintained within a surgical plane, and then shaven in preparation for catheterization. An incision is made in the neck region and the right carotid artery cleared and isolated. A 2 French Millar Micro-tip Pressure Catheter (Millar Instruments, Houston, Tex.) is cannulated into the right carotid artery and threaded past the aorta and into the left ventricle. End diastolic pressure readings, max ⁇ dp/dt, systolic pressures and heart rate are determined continuously while compound or vehicle is infused. Measurements are recorded and analyzed using a PowerLab and the Chart 4 software program (ADInstruments, Mountain View, Calif.). Hemodynamics measurements are performed at a select infusion concentration. Blood samples are taken to determine the plasma concentration of the compounds.
• ADInstruments Mountain View, Calif.
• a NIMALS Male Sprague-Dawley CD (220-225 g; Charles River) rats are used in this experiment. Animals are allowed free access to water and commercial rodent diet under standard laboratory conditions. Room temperature is maintained at 20-23° C. and room illumination is on a 12/12-hour light/dark cycle. Animals are acclimatized to the laboratory environment 5 to 7 days prior to the study. The animals are fasted overnight prior to surgery.
• the underlying muscles are dissected with care to avoid the lateral thoracic vein, to expose the intercostal muscles.
• the chest cavity is entered through 4 th -5 th intercostal space, and the incision expanded to allow visualization of the heart.
• the pericardium is opened to expose the heart.
• a 6-0 silk suture with a taper needle is passed around the left coronary artery near its origin, which lies in contact with the left margin of the pulmonary cone, at about 1 mm from the insertion of the left auricular appendage.
• the left coronary artery is occluded by tying the suture around the artery (“LCO”). Sham animals are treated the same, except that the suture is not tied.
• the incision is closed in three layers.
• the rat is ventilated until able to ventilate on its own.
• the rats are extubated and allowed to recover on a heating pad.
• Animals receive buprenorphine (0.01-0.05 mg/kg SQ) for post operative analgesia. Once awake, they are returned to their cage. Animals are monitored daily for signs of infection or distress. Infected or moribund animals are euthanized. Animals are weighed once a week.
• a myofibril assay is used to identify compounds (myosin activators) that directly activate the cardiac myosin ATPase.
• the cellular mechanism of action, in vivo cardiac function in Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, and efficacy in SD rats with defined heart failure to active compound is then determined.
• Cellular contractility was quantified using an edge detection strategy and calcium transient measured using fura-2 loaded adult rat cardiac myocytes. Cellular contractility increased over baseline within 5 minutes of exposure to an active compound (0.2 ⁇ M) without altering the calcium transient.
• Rats with defined heart failure induced by left coronary ligation, or sham treated rats may have similar and significant increases in FS and EF when treated with 0.7-1.2 mg/kg/hr active compound.
• the active compound increased cardiac contractility without increasing the calcium transient and was efficacious in a rat model of heart failure, indicating the active compound may be a useful therapeutic in the treatment of human heart failure.
• the pharmacology of at least one chemical entity described herein is investigated in isolated adult rat cardiac myocytes, anesthetized rats, and in a chronically instrumented canine model of heart failure induced by myocardial infarction combined with rapid ventricular pacing.
• the active compound (30 ⁇ M) does not inhibit phosphodiesterase type 3.
• the active compound In conscious dogs with heart failure, the active compound (0.5 mg/kg bolus, then 0.5 mg/kg/hr i.v. for 6-8 hours) increases fractional shortening by 74 ⁇ 7%, cardiac output by 45 ⁇ 9%, and stroke volume by 101 ⁇ 19%. Heart rate decreases by 27 ⁇ 4% and left atrial pressure falls from 22 ⁇ 2 mmHg to 10 ⁇ 2 mmHg (p ⁇ 0.05 for all). In addition, neither mean arterial pressure nor coronary blood flow changes significantly. Diastolic function is not impaired at this dose. There are no significant changes in a vehicle treated group. The active compound improved cardiac function in a manner that suggests that compounds of this class may be beneficial in patients with heart failure.
• a pharmaceutical composition for intravenous administration is prepared in the following manner.
• Composition Unit Formula (mg/mL) Active Agent 1.00 Citric Acid 10.51 Sodium Hydroxide qs to pH 5.0 Water for Injection (WFI) q.s. to 1 mL *All components other than the active compound are USP/Ph. Eur. compliant
• a suitable compounding vessel is filled with WFI to approximately 5% of the bulk solution volume.
• the citric acid (10.51 g) is weighed, added to the compounding vessel and stirred to produce 1 M citric acid.
• the active agent (1.00 g) is weighed and dissolved in the 1 M citric acid solution.
• the resulting solution is transferred to a larger suitable compounding vessel and WFT is added to approximately 85% of the bulk solution volume.
• the pH of the bulk solution is measured and adjusted to 5.0 with 1 N NaOH.
• the solution is brought to its final volume (1 liter) with WFI.

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